Wine-washed Italian cheese with flaky texture and a subtle concord-grape note.
Italian cow's milk cheese washed in red wine, pressed and flaky with a deep concord-grape nose. Shave on salad or pair with Barolo. Order online.
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Ubriaco del Piave is a cow's milk cheese from the Piave region of northern Italy, washed in red wine from the area until the rind turns a deep purple and you can still see flecks of grape must clinging to it.
The paste is pressed and flaky, breaking into shards under the knife rather than slicing clean. On the nose there is a really deep, almost concord-grape note pulled in from the wine, and the recipe itself sits in the family of a pressed Piave or a young Asiago, nutty and savory through the middle with a quiet sweetness underneath. The wine isn't there to dominate, it's there to flavor the rest of the cheese.
Shave it over a salad or a plate of risotto, or set it on a board where the purple rind can do its work. This is one of those cheeses that earns its place on the table just by looking the way it looks, and then keeps you there with the way it eats.
Pressed and firm, breaks into flaky shards under the knife rather than slicing clean. The paste is dense without being dry.
A savory, fruit-edged cow's milk cheese with the wine note carrying through the back end. Not loud, but the grape pull keeps it interesting from first bite to finish.
Mid-length finish that holds onto the wine and grape note after the cheese is gone, with a quiet nutty pull underneath.
Light buttery cow's milk base, but the wine wash pulls most of the attention away from the dairy side.
A pressed-paste nuttiness that sits in the middle of the palate, in the family of an aged Asiago or a young Piave.
Vinous and fruity rather than mushroomy, with a deep concord-grape note on the nose from the must-soaked rind.
No heat or piquancy. The wine adds fruit, not bite.
Washed rind
The rind carries the grape must from the wine soak, deep purple and fragrant. It is there to flavor the rest of the cheese rather than to eat on its own.
Ubriaco del Piave stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
The cheese is washed in red wine from the region, so it harmonizes back with bold northern Italian reds. A lighter red also works when you want the fruit to read through.
Fig jam and honey lean into the sweet, vinous side of the rind, while almonds and crusty bread give the flaky paste something to sit on.
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